Thursday, June 18, 2009

Cd'A Juneteenth Flyer and Info

CELEBRATING FREEDOM & SOUL FOOD!

This is the first event of it's kind in North Idaho and I encourage you to give it your full support, fair reader. Sounds like a fun day for kids of all ages, shapes and inclinations. Bonus: you can also watch Ironman mania unfold and take control of the city park and downtown.

You’re Invited to OUR PARTY !When: Friday June 19, 4pm – 8pmWhere: The Human Rights Education Institute (atthe corner of City Park. Event is outdoors in our large parking lot…followthe sound of music & smell of food!)

Juneteenth is derived from the words June and nineteenth to commemorate June 19, 1865, the dayUnion General Gordon Granger and 2,000 federal troops arrived on Galveston Island, Texas to take possession of the state and enforce General Order No. 3 which informed enslaved persons of African descent of the Emancipation Proclamation and officially marks the end of slavery in America.

Juneteenth celebrations began in Texas in 1866. Within a few years, these celebrations spread toother states and are now an annual tradition. Food is central to the celebrations, with barbecuedmeats being especially popular.